A trial looking at support for women after chemotherapy for ovarian cancer (OvPsych2)

The researchers will ask women who are going to the Hammersmith Hospital to take part.

If you agree to take part, you fill in 4 questionnaires. The questionnaires will ask about your overall well being as well as your levels of depression and anxiety.

If the score of your questionnaires shows that you may have symptoms of depression you will be randomised into 1 of 2 groups. The researchers need 43 women to join each group, a total of 126 women. The groups are

• Treatment group
• Observation group

If you don’t have symptoms of depression, you won’t be randomised. You are put into a group called the ‘control group’.

If you are having treatment, you have 3 group sessions with a trained psychologist at your local Maggie’s Cancer Centre. There may be up to 6 people in the group. Each session will be 1½ hours. You can arrange the sessions at a time that is convenient to you. You must complete the sessions within 3 months of starting the trial. During the sessions you have the opportunity to talk about your feelings, thoughts and experiences. You also learn how to manage any anxiety, stress, depression and anger you have. You will also find out about how to cope with day-to-day living after cancer. All the information shared in these sessions will be kept confidential .

If you are in the observation group or the control group, the researchers will give you information about what is available at your local Maggie’s Cancer Centre.

You fill in 4 questionnaires at

• 3 months
• 6 months
• 12 months
• 15 months
• 1½ years